Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-09-08

The members. of the. old Egalite dancing
club are requested to meet at the &. 4 B.,
hall on tomorrow (Fridavl evening at
nine o clock. BY order OF many members.
! DREssMAKING. Mrs. A. A. Cropper can
be found at the residence of Mrs {. +. Co.
| burn, on First street, ready and preparei
to do all kinds OF dressmahnp at the most
reasonable rates. She solcts a share of
your patronage. 4otf
Joe Magginette, sheep herder at McRaes
camp on Cralgs mountain, shot aud killed
bald headed erlzz bear near the camp
/ one day last week, chat measured eight feet
long aud ."ur feet tall and weighed over a
thousand pounds. Mr.. Mckae showed us
some OF the claws of the mammoth beast
that measured three aud three-quarter
inches long. Eight balls from Winchester
were fired into him before it brought h,m
HUwu.
THE FALL RACES -"Wa axe up tumble
| p. any way to get up. " hat is the
matter with the Sporting element Of Lewis,
ton and viciuty--drad or Steering, II
sleeping 1t Is time You should awake to
the realizing sense that it is high time that
preparations were being made for the annu-
al tall races. A fair Of this kind canuot
he properly gotten up. advertised and car.
! ried through with success in moments
time. Then why not he up and du.n. ?
Call meeting, all interested attend, appou.
the several committees. prepare a program
and advertise it to the outside III time that
the coming fall races may be a success
| Little Willie Davis aged five year son
If MIR. and Mrs p NJ Davis, fell from one
ct kesters trucks yesterday and broke
his riIht arm just below the shoulder DR..
| Monkey attending him. This is the second
boy who has received injuries from falling
from wagons in this city daring the past ten
| DAYS, hes'de MANY more who have been uiur
ed at different times 1t j. not the fault OF the
boys. who. boy-hke will walk tw" miles t.
ride one mile on the eud gate of a wagon
hut the fault OF the transfers who allow
them this privilege Our council should
pass an ordinance, imposing fine on all
teamsters who allow boys under a certain
age to practice the habit of climbing aud
riding on the wagons.
| AN INTERESTING Picture IN PRINT.-
Messrs Burke, of Dayton, aud Stone of
Dakota, called on us on Tuesday. They
are here ia the interest Of Colonel George
Hunters book. entitled, "reminiscences of
an Old Timer, containing the TRIALS and
trlhulations Of Col Hunters life, most If
which was devoted to the Pacific northwest.
where he came from Ohio in lS49 at the
early age OF IA veals. The book is elegan w
i''uSfrated introducing the manner and
customs IN the days of 40, and the harhari m
ct the Indian III times OF war. Three chap
tiers OF the work gives conspcctns Of the
Neg Perez Indian outbreak in 1877, in which
war Col. Hunter tnok an active and promi.
nent part We have not had the tim. to
give the book thorough reading although
We feel safe In endorsing 1t as a work inter
esting and instructive to the old timer, the
emigrant and the rising generation, and no
household in the northwest should be with
out one The book is neatly hound. and
printed ia coarse plain type An agen y has
been established in south Nez Perez and
Idaho counties with H. A. Thatcher. of thi.
city, as agent.